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what youth recommends beechwood the land of nod

Stream Beechwood’s New Album Songs From The Land of Nod

Beechwood, NYC’s answer to what you get when you mix the Ramones, Velvets, and BJM together in one misfit band,...
what youth recommends habibi

Listen to Habibi And catch them live 1/29 at the Moroccan Lounge

Cultural identity is always a powerful force in any creative endeavor, and for Habibi, that energy is ready to explode....

WY Premiere: Spike Vincent Listen to “Lie In The Dust”

It’s rare for a song to float into my horizon and immediately overwhelm my senses with pure positive bliss. But...
what youth recommends numb.er from the van playlist

NUMB.ER IS ON TOUR And they made us a “From the Van” playlist

Numb.er, the relatively new project of Jeff Fribourg, is total synth bliss. Formed at the end of 2015, the visual...
what youth recommends fiance wing

WY Premiere: Fiancé Listen to their dreamy single “wing”

Fiancé is a five-piece band from Delaware, and their dreamy, shoegazey sound is just what we need right now. Formed...
what youth recommends flying hair phase II

Flying Hair Drops New Album Listen to first single, “Phase II”

There are inevitably multiple phases in a band’s existence, and Flying Hair is in the thick of their metamorphosis. Formed...
what youth recommends grounders perfect

Listen to Grounders Toronto’s answer to your work day blues

Toronto-based smooth psych band Grounders are the perfect cure for your work day blues. After releasing their debut in 2015...
what youth recommends white wooly waiting

WY Premiere: White Woolly Watch their blood happy video for “Waiting”

Look up White Woolly’s bandcamp and their sound description states “ominous surf rock.” And that’s pretty much nailing it on the...
what youth recommends pond fire in the water

Watch “Fire In The Water” Pond’s new video shot by Sam Kristofski

Australian psych band Pond, an ever evolving rotation of musicians itching to explore their collaborative skills, dropped a new video...
what youth recommends sufis made me leave/crispy grapes II

WY Premiere: Sufis Watch “Made Me Leave/Crispy Grapes II”

Sufis, the duo of musicians Calvin Laporte and Evan Smith, met once upon a time over their love of the...
what youth recommends royal brat full tilt duster

WY Premiere: Royal Brat Listen to “Full Tilt Duster”

One thing that doesn’t suck about 2018 is the amount of noteworthy music our ears are waiting to soak up....
what youth recommends well well well sleeping away

WY Premiere: Well Well Well Watch their video for “Sleeping Away”

Well Well Well, a new postmodern pop band from San Diego comprised of musicians Seton Edgerton and Dan Nichols, sound...
dear youth david bowie has a book club

David Bowie Has A Book Club Maybe 2018 won’t be terrible after all

When history looks back at our bizarre little era, it will agree on one thing: Everything went to shit real...
what youth recommends easy zebulon

Easy Played Zebulon And we were there to witness the calamity

Easy is a band, and if you haven’t seen or heard them yet, you’re sleeping on life. Formed at the...
what youth recommends the jacks

Listen to The Jacks A new local 4-piece that doesn’t hide behind any bullshit

The Jacks are a rock ‘n’ roll band, let’s get that straight. Their vibe is heavily influenced by the British...
what youth recommends BUZZ

Music for right this second Listen to Maya’s new Spotify playlist “BUZZ.” Made especially for those “new year, new me” weekend buzzes

Most years it takes me at least a couple weeks before my brain can fully accept the numerical passing of...
what youth paccbet skateboarding movie

The What Youth 2017 Memoirs Another year on the run chasing the free riders, thinkers and doers.

The general consensus is that 2017…well, sucked. And believe us, it wasn’t without it’s challenges, experiences — both good and bad...
what youth recommends top 10 albums of 2017

The Top 10 Albums of 2017 Stream the rest: These are the 10 albums from 2017 worth ownership

2017 was a year of shitty reality that yielded some incredible musical catharsis. And while every album we heard this...
what youth recommends top music videos of 2017

The Top 10 Music Videos of 2017 Do people still watch music vids? Well, we do, and these are our favorites from the year

This year in music videos, it was all about the flash. The hook. The catch. Whatever you wanna call it....
what youth recommends beechwood c/f

WY Premiere: Beechwood Listen to new track “C/F”

NYC-based glam punk trio Beechwood are no strangers to the dirty side of the law. Earlier this year, drummer and...
what youth recommends the shrine never more than now

Watch The Shrine’s New Video For “Never More Than Now” featuring Keith Morris

The Shrine know how to thrash. And I mean thrash in the sense of blowing fire out of their mouths...

Friend Aid is Saturday in Newport Beach Live music and live auction benefitting those affected by the California wild fires

The past few weeks California has been overcome by wild fires. Thousands of homes, buildings, animals, people, families even our...

Listen to Milk Music It’ll do your body good

You know when a band slips into your musical consciousness so easily that you’re left wondering, how was I ever...
what youth recommends roll maya eslami

Music for times like these Roll yourself into the weekend with this new playlist by Maya Eslami

Sometimes you rock, and sometimes you roll. That’s been my theme for this long, hard, fire-engulfed, emotional week. Natural disasters...
what youth recommends the prefab messiahs everything u no

WY Premiere: “Everything U No” Watch the new video from The Prefab Messiahs

The Prefab Messiahs are a post-punk band with actual credibility, considering they formed in 1981 amid the peak of DIY...
Ty Segall

Ty Segall Can Do No Wrong Listen to his cover of Hot Chocolate’s “Every 1’s A Winner”

Two things. Ty Segall dropped another single. And it’s a cover of Hot Chocolate’s “Every 1’s A Winner.” Didn’t think...
what youth recommends susan tv girls

WY Premiere: “TV Girls” Listen to Susan’s new single, and catch their show on Friday

Susan is a band we can get behind, always. The Los Angeles three-piece stir up bubblegum punk rock with warm...
what youth recommends the vacant smiles

WY Premiere: The Vacant Smiles Watch their video for “Messin’ Around”

Melbourne four-piece The Vacant Smiles dish out a heaping blend of slacker garage psych that’ll put you in a real...
what youth iggy pop

Watch Occy interview Iggy Pop Remember When Iggy Pop Would Cut Himself With Glass At Stooges’ Gigs? Well now he’s on the Occ-Cast

I feel more comfortable calling this a 37-minute long fever dream rather than a video. James Newell Osterberg Jr. aka...
what youth recommends terri terri attention

WY Premiere: Terri Terri Listen to “Attention”

Every once in a while, a song comes along that really knocks us off our tracks. Or whatever that saying...
what youth recommends monograms sleep cycle

WY Premiere: Monograms Listen to their new single “Sleep Cycle”

Brooklyn-based slayers Monograms, originally the solo project of frontman Ian Jacobs, started out as bedroom jams before fully fleshing out...

WY Premiere: Cheap Tissue Listen to scuzzy new single “Dirt” 

LA punk locals Cheap Tissue know how to jolt you awake, and their adrenaline-fueled, unapologetic, raw surge of blistering, contagious...

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